AIX 6.1 TL 9 : bind (IV78091)

High Nessus Plugin ID 86765

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VPR Score: 3.6

Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.

Description

ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the exit of a validating resolver due to an assertion failure in buffer.c. By parsing a malformed DNSSEC key, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Install the appropriate interim fix.

AIX 6.1 TL 9 : bind (IV78091)

High Nessus Plugin ID 86765

New! Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR)

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Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

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